Champion squash weighs 331.6 kg

Champion squash weighs 331.6 kg

TAKAMATSU, Japan - People admire the winner of an annual national squash contest held on Shodoshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture on Sept. 28. The squash, grown by Takao Hoshijima, 67, of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, weighs 331.6 kilograms. Hoshijima plans to take his product to the world squash contest on Oct. 26 in San Francisco.

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